Isaiah 10
1 Terrible things will happen to you judges who are unjust and who make unfair laws.
Malheur à ceux qui écrivent l'iniquité! car en écrivant ainsi, c'est l'iniquité qu'ils gravent.
2 You refuse to help poor people, and you do not allow them to get the things that they should get. You [allow people to] steal things from widows and do unfair things to orphans.
Ils écartent du pauvre la justice, ils arrachent tout moyen de défense aux indigents de mon peuple, afin que la veuve soit pour eux un butin, l'orphelin une proie.
3 When I punish you by sending people from distant lands to cause you to experience disasters, (to whom will you run to get help?/there will be no one who can help you.) [RHQ] Your valuable possessions will certainly [not be safe] [RHQ] anywhere.
Et que feront-ils au jour de la visite du Seigneur? car la tribulation viendra sur vous de loin. Vers qui vous réfugierez-vous pour avoir du secours? Et où cacherez-vous votre gloire,
4 You will be able only to stumble along as you are taken away with other prisoners, or [else] your corpses will lie on the ground with others who have been killed. But even after that happens, Yahweh will still be very angry with you. He will still be ready to strike you again with his fist.
Pour n'être point entraînés en captivité? Sur vous tous s'est tournée la colère du Seigneur, et sa main est encore levée.
5 [Yahweh says], “Terrible things will happen to Assyria. [It is true that their army] is like a rod/club [DOU] with which I [punish other nations] because I am very angry with those nations [DOU].
Malheur aux Assyriens! la verge de mon courroux, ma colère est dans leurs mains.
6 [Sometimes] I send the armies of Assyria to attack a godless nation, to fight against [other] people who have caused me to be angry. I send them to capture people and to seize and take away their possessions, and to trample them like [SIM] people walk on mud in the streets.
J'enverrai ma colère contre une nation inique, et je commanderai à mon peuple de recueillir du butin et des dépouilles, de fouler aux pieds les villes et de les réduire en poussière.
7 But the [king of Assyria] does not understand, he does not realize [that he is only like a weapon in my hand]. He wants [only] to destroy people, to get rid of many nations.
Mais lui, telle n'est point sa pensée, tel n'est point le sentiment de son âme. Il mettra son orgueil à exterminer de nombreuses nations.
8 He says, ‘All of my army commanders will soon be kings [of these nations that I conquer]!
Et si elles lui disent: Toi seul es roi;
9 We destroyed Calno [city] like we destroyed Carchemish [city], We destroyed Hamath [city] like we destroyed Arpad [city]; we destroyed Samaria just like we destroyed Damascus.
Il répondra: En effet, n'ai-je point pris la contrée au-dessus de Babylone, et Chalane où une tour a été construite? N'ai-je point pris l'Arabie, et Damas, et Samarie?
10 We were able to destroy [all] those kingdoms [that were full] of idols, kingdoms whose idols were greater than the idols in Jerusalem and Samaria.
Comme je les ai prises, ainsi je prendrai tous les royaumes. Lamentez- vous, statues de Jérusalem et de Samarie!
11 So we will defeat Jerusalem and destroy the idols that are there, just like we destroyed Samaria and the idols that were there!’
Comme j'ai traité Samarie et les dieux fabriqués de ses mains, je traiterai Jérusalem et ses idoles.
12 [But, I, Yahweh, say that] after I [have used Assyria to] finish what I want to do to punish the people in Jerusalem [DOU], I will punish the king of Assyria because he has been very proud and arrogant/boastful [DOU].
Puis voici ce qui arrivera: quand le Seigneur aura achevé d'accomplir ce qu'il veut faire en la montagne de Sion et à Jérusalem, je visiterai ce cœur superbe, ce roi des Assyriens, et la gloire altière de ses yeux.
13 He says, ‘By my own great power [MTY] I have done these things. I have been able to do them because I am very wise and very intelligent. My army removed the barriers [at the borders] of nations and carried away all their valuable things. My army has knocked down their kings like [SIM] a ferocious bull would.
Car il a dit: J'agirai dans ma force; et dans la sagesse de mon intelligence j'effacerai les bornes des nations, et je les dépouillerai de leur puissance.
14 Like [MET] a farmer reaches into a bird’s nest [to take away the eggs], we have taken away the treasures of other countries [DOU]. The people were not like birds that would flap their wings or chirp loudly [to protest about their eggs being stolen]; the people did not object at all [to their treasures being stolen].’
Et j'ébranlerai les villes habitées; et la terre entière, je la prendrai comme un nid dans ma main; et je l'enlèverai comme des œufs abandonnés; car nul ne peut m'échapper ou me contredire.
15 [But I, Yahweh, say that] an axe certainly cannot [RHQ] boast about being stronger than the person who uses it, and a saw is not greater than the person who uses it. A rod cannot control the one who holds it [RHQ], and a wooden club cannot lift up a person [RHQ]. [So the king of Assyria should not boast that he has done these things with his own wisdom and strength].
Mais la cognée peut-elle se glorifier sans celui qui s'en sert pour abattre? La scie peut-elle s'enorgueillir sans celui qui la tire? Il faut bien que quelqu'un lève la verge ou le bâton; mais non.
16 And [I], the Commander of the armies of angels, will send a plague among the proud soldiers of Assyria; it will be like [MET] a fire that will kill them and get rid of their glory/wealth.
Le Seigneur des armées enverra contre ton honneur le déshonneur, et contre ta gloire il allumera un feu ardent.
17 [I], Yahweh, who am like [MET] a light for the people of Israel, will be the fire; [I], the Holy One, will be like a flame. [The soldiers of Assyria are like] [MET] thorns and briers, and I will burn them up in one night.
Et la lumière d'Israël sera cette flamme; elle le sanctifiera avec un feu ardent, et dévorera la forêt comme une herbe sèche.
18 There are glorious forests and fertile farmlands in Assyria, but I will completely destroy them; they will be like [SIM] a [very] sick person who shrivels up and then dies.
En ce jour s'évanouiront montagnes, collines et forêts, et la lumière d'Israël dévorera tout, depuis l'âme jusqu'aux chairs. Et celui qui fuira sera comme un homme qui fuit une flamme ardente;
19 There will be very few trees left in those forests; even a child will be able to count them.”
Et ceux qui resteront seront en petit nombre, et un petit enfant pourra les compter.
20 In the future there will be only a few people left in Israel; not many descendants of Jacob will still be alive. [But] they will no longer rely on [the king of Assyria], [the king of the nation] that tried to destroy them. Instead, they will faithfully/sincerely trust in Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel.
Et en ce jour voici ce qui arrivera: ce qui restera d'Israël, et ceux de Jacob qui auront été sauvés n'auront plus foi en ceux qui leur auront nui; mais ils se confieront en vérité à Dieu, au Saint d'Israël.
21 Those Israelis will return to their mighty God.
Et ce qui restera de Jacob se confiera au Dieu tout-puissant.
22 [Now], the people of Israel are as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore, but only a few of them will return [from the countries to which they were exiled]. Yahweh has decided to destroy [most of the Israelis] and that is what [he must do because he is completely] just/righteous.
Et quand le peuple d'Israël serait aussi nombreux que le sable de la mer, un reste en sera seul sauvé.
23 [Yes, ] the Commander of the armies of angels has [already] decided to destroy the entire land [of Israel].
Parole abrégée et accomplie avec justice; car cette parole abrégée, le Seigneur l'étendra à toute la terre.
24 This is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “My people in Jerusalem, do not be afraid of the army of Assyria when they beat you with rods and clubs, like the men of Egypt did [to your ancestors long ago].
A cause de cela, voici ce que dit le Seigneur des armées: Ne crains pas, ô mon peuple; habitants de Sion, ne craignez pas l'Assyrien; il te frappera avec une verge; car j'amènerai sur toi cette plaie, pour que tu y reconnaisses la voie d'Égypte.
25 Soon I will no longer be angry with you, and [then] I will be angry with the people of Assyria and destroy them!”
Encore un peu de temps, et ma colère s'apaisera; mais alors mon courroux se tournera contre les conseils de tes ennemis.
26 The Commander of the armies of angels will whip them. He will do to them like he did when he helped Gideon [and his 300 soldiers] to defeat the [army of the] Midian people-group, and like he did when he showed his mighty power [MTY] [by causing the army of Egypt to drown] in the [Red] Sea.
Et le Seigneur suscitera contre eux une plaie semblable à celle de Madian dans le lieu de l'affliction; et son courroux éclatera comme autrefois contre l'Égypte sur le chemin de la mer Rouge.
27 Some day, Yahweh will cause the army of Assyria to stop oppressing you, [his people]; he will end your suffering and your being slaves of the people of Assyria [MET]; he will take away the load that you people of Judah have been carrying, and cause things to go well for you.
Et en ce jour voici ce qui arrivera: ton joug sera ôté de ton épaule, et tu seras délivré de ta crainte, et le joug qui pesait sur tes épaules sera réduit en poudre.
28 [The army of Assyria will enter northern Judah] near Aiath [town], they will go through Migron [town] and store their supplies at Micmash [town north of Jerusalem].
Il marchera d'abord sur la ville d'Aggaï, passera par Maggédo et déposera à Machma ses appareils de guerre.
29 They will cross through a mountain pass and set up their tents at Geba [town]. [People in] Ramah [town] will tremble [because of being afraid]. [The people of] Gibeah [town], where King Saul [was born], will [all] run away.
Puis il traversera la vallée et entrera dans Aggaï; la terreur saisira Rama, ville de Saul.
30 You people of Gallim [town] will cry out [for help]. You will shout to [the people of] Laish [city near Jerusalem] to warn them! [The people of] Anathoth [town] will suffer a lot.
La fille de Gallim prendra la fuite; on l'apprendra à Lasa, on l'apprendra à Anathoth.
31 [The people of] Madmenah [town north of Jerusalem will all] be running away, and [the people of] Gebim [town close to Jerusalem] will be trying to hide.
Et la stupeur a frappé Madebina, et les habitants de Gibbeïr.
32 The soldiers of Assyria will stop at Nob [city outside Jerusalem]. They will shake their fists [as they threaten the people] on Zion Hill in Jerusalem.
Pour vous, consolez-vous aujourd'hui et restez fermes dans la voie; ô vous, collines de Jérusalem, consolez la montagne et Sion, ma fille.
33 But listen to this! The Commander of the armies of angels with his great power will destroy [MET] the mighty army of Assyria. [It is as though they are] a huge tree [MET] that he will cut down.
Voilà que le maître, le Seigneur des armées, va de sa puissance confondre ces glorieux; et les grands seront brisés avec leur orgueil; et les superbes seront humiliés,
34 He will destroy the [soldiers of Assyria] like men use big axes to cut down the tall trees in the forests of Lebanon.
Et les superbes périront car le glaive; et le Liban tombera avec ses cîmes.
